Auckland Council to consider draft rules to boost flood protections and housing

Draft changes to Auckland’s planning rules to better protect people and property from floods and other hazards, while enabling more homes near transport and jobs, will be considered by the Auckland Council’s Policy and Planning Committee on 21 August.

The draft changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan would replace Plan Change 78, retaining its focus on housing around town centres and transport but going further with stronger hazard rules and more targeting housing in lower-risk, well-connected areas.

Draft changes see stronger rules to limit new homes being built in Auckland’s most vulnerable areas to flooding and other hazards. More restrictive consenting rules will apply making new homes more resilient and in the highest-risk areas, land zoning will reduce to single houses.